要像对金子一样对员工

    5．哪项特质是每个领袖都应该具备的？

    我个人认为，我觉得是对员工需求的了解。倘若没有优秀员工，或者有了优秀员工、却无法激励他们达成你希望达到的目标，那么你将一事无成。我们公司有着非常优秀的文化，我也真正关心着与我共事的人们。我的看法是，你或许可以强迫员工去完成一些事情，但它绝不会长久。

    6．你毕生追求的一个目标是什么？

    我一直想攀登珠穆朗玛峰，但不知是否能实现。我喜欢这类充满冒险的事情，但这些事会花费非常多的时间。

    7.你每天会采取哪些措施促进可持续发展？

    在业务上，我们希望能成为美国最大的住宅太阳能企业之一。太阳能是一种每天都可以获取的资源，仅上个月我们就在北美部署了6.5兆瓦的太阳能。

    8．你是怎样保持生活的平衡？

    我在保持生活平衡方面跟别人没什么两样。很大程度上，保持生活平衡就是要安排好工作和给妻子和五个孩子的时间。我和我的妻子会确保我能参加孩子们的训练、比赛和表演一类的活动。

    我不大能记得刚结婚那几年我和我妻子还有两个小孩是怎么生活的了，因为那时我实在是太忙了。我一直在努力把更多心思放在家庭上，比如关机几个小时，看看家里在发生些什么事情。因为最终，家庭才是真正重要的。

    有意思的是，我在家里的时候——我会努力早些回家——每周都有几个晚上，我会在孩子们睡觉之后让同事来家里，然后一起加班到很晚。我妻子已经适应了这种情况，也接受我在家工作。她宁愿我待在家里工作，而不是去公司上班。

    我的日程安排有点与众不同。我不会每天很早就去公司。早晨我会跟孩子们一起起床，送他们上学，然后锻炼身体，之后才去工作。我到办公室的时间一般在11点左右，然后一直工作到6、7点钟，晚上通常会从10点加班到凌晨1点。

    9．你的第一份工作是什么？

    我祖父是爱达荷福尔斯市市长，我的第一份工作是读中的时候为市里的墓园修剪草坪。市政部门当年雇我的时候，我只有13岁。

    10．你有什么独特或古怪的习惯吗？

    我每天上班都戴着帽子，而且都是印着公司标志Vivint的帽子。（财富中文网）

    译者：朱毓芬/汪皓

    5. What is one characteristic that every leader should possess?

    For me, I think it's understanding the needs of the employee base. You can't do anything without great people surrounding you and having them be motivated to set out and accomplish what you're trying to accomplish. We have an incredible culture at our business, and I really care about the people I work with. I think you can force things to happen inside of an organization, but that isn't lasting.

    6. What is one goal that you would like to accomplish during your lifetime?

    I've always wanted to climb Mount Everest, but I just don't know if I'm going to get around to it. I love anything adventurous like that, but it's a serious time commitment.

    7. What daily steps do you take to promote sustainability?

    I think from a business perspective, the thing that we're doing is building one of the largest residential solar companies in the country. Solar is an every-single-day resource. I think last month we deployed 6.5 megawatts of solar power in North America.

    8. What do you do to live a balanced life?

    I'm probably as good as anyone at having a well-balanced life. A lot of it is scheduled between work and my wife and five children. My wife and I make sure that I make it to practices and games and performances and that kind of thing.

    When I was early in my marriage, the first couple of years with my first two young children's lives, I don't really remember because I was so, so busy. I've been making more of an effort to stay focused on the family and turn the phone off for a couple of hours and pay attention to what's here at home, because at the end of the day that's what really matters.

    The interesting thing about me is that when I'm home -- and I try to come home at a decent hour -- several nights a week, after my children have gone to bed, I have people come to my house to do work late at night. My wife is integrated into that and accepting of my being at home. She'd rather me be at home than at work.

    I have kind of an odd schedule. I don't go into work early every day. I get up with my children in the morning, take them to school, and I work out before I go to work. I usually get into the office around eleven [o'clock], then I work to six or seven, then usually from 10 to about one a.m.

    9. What was your first job?

    My grandpa was the mayor of Idaho Falls, and my first job was mowing lawns for the cemetery in junior high. I was employed by the city at the age of 13.

    10. What is one unique or quirky habit that you have?

    I wear a hat every day to work. They're all Vivint brand.